Announcing 2017-2017 Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training
with Nina Pileggi, Intermediate Junior III Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
February 2017-March 2018
This Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Program will prepare you to teach Iyengar Yoga and for Iyengar Yoga Assessment. The content is based on the Iyengar Yoga Introductory I and Introductory II syllabi. We will meet over the course of 14 months, one ... [Read On...]

Rebecca Lerner Weekend Workshop and Teacher Training
November 11-13, 2016
Join us for Rebecca's 10th visit to Sunset Yoga Center! Every year Rebecca's teaching evolves and deepens as she inspires us. We are honored to have her be our senior teacher and for her to offer our community teacher training.
You can register for the Iyengar Yoga workshop or both events.
Iyengar Yoga Workshop
In ... [Read On...]

Rebecca Lerner Yoga Workshop and Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training
At Sunset Yoga Center
November 13-15, 2015
Join us for an Iyengar Yoga workshop Rebecca Lerner. Rebecca is returning for her seventh worksho
p at Sunset Yoga Center. You can register for the Iyengar Yoga workshop or both events.
In the Iyengar Yoga workshop we will work in-depth with all of the categories of asana. We will ... [Read On...]

Rebecca Lerner Yoga Workshop and Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training
November 14-16, 2013
Join us for an Iyengar Yoga workshop Rebecca Lerner. You can register for the Iyengar Yoga workshop or both events. Rebecca strongly encourages those attending the teacher training to also attend the workshop.
In the Iyengar Yoga workshop we will work in-depth with all of the categories of asana. We will ... [Read On...]

This summer as I work with five teachers preparing for fall assessments to become certified Iyengar Yoga teachers or to raise their certification level, I am struck by their earnestness and dedication. They have spent hours studying the poses on their assigned syllabi, practicing the poses for themselves, and practice teaching the poses in study groups. They are expected to learn not only asana ... [Read On...]

I just returned from an intense and fabulous yoga teacher training with Dean and Rebecca Lerner. We worked on the Intermediate Junior Iyengar Yoga syllabus. The teacher training included a discussion on yoga philosophy, peer teaching, observation and correction exercises and how to help students with hands on corrections. The teacher training drew teachers from around the United States from ... [Read On...]

I wanted to share with all of you this recent short article I wrote for Yoga Samachar, IYNAUS's magazine. I was given the assignment of writing an essay with the theme of using the "beginner's mind" to inform and improve my teaching. I hope you enjoy this look into teaching.
Teaching as a Reflection of Practice
Mr. Iyengar says if a pupil comes to you with a problem, imagine that problem is ... [Read On...]

Congratulations to Amy Duncan! She has passed her Introductory II Iyengar Yoga Certification test, making her a fully Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor.
Amy has worked hard to achieve this accomplishment. When you see her at the yoga center, tell her congrats. ... [Read On...]

Felicity Green once said, “Practice is more important than teaching.” Four Sunset Yoga Center teachers are headed to India for the month of August to take this advice to heart. All will be studying at the Ramani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune with the Iyengar family and other teachers. They all look forward to the unique opportunity of immersing themselves in the practice of ... [Read On...]

From the Blog

Your Yoga Practice
From Old Words Comes New Wisdom
by Sara Russell
How many times have you heard "hug the thigh muscles to the bone"? If you have been doing Iyengar yoga for some time, I am sure ... [Read On...]

Pranayama Series
Six Tuesdays Beginning January 23
7:30-9:00pm
Pranayama is the yogic practice of breathing. In properly performed asana (yoga poses) the breath is used during the movement in and ... [Read On...]

Winter Solstice Restorative Class
with Amy Duncan
Sunday 12/17 4-6pm OR
Thursday 12/21 6-8pm
The root of the word solstice comes from a Latin word that means to stand or to stay still. At this ... [Read On...]